Nickname Mali for Malka?

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amother

Khaki

Thu, Jan 05 2017, 8:22 pm

We are planning on using the name Malka but we already have a niece Malkie and another close family member Malka. (But we are the first to name for this Malka) My "worry" is grandparents and others won't "get" the nickname... anyone have this nickname for themselves or their daughter and want to help out?

ra_mom

Thu, Jan 05 2017, 8:27 pm

Mali is short for Malya.

amother

Bronze

Thu, Jan 05 2017, 9:54 pm

My grandma name was bubby Molly. N her Hebrew name was Malka

agreer

Thu, Jan 05 2017, 10:16 pm

I know 3 Malka's who are named Molly - some Molly, some Mali.

How is possible to not "get" a nickname? I don't get that.

amother

Khaki

Thu, Jan 05 2017, 10:49 pm

agreer wrote:

I know 3 Malka's who are named Molly - some Molly, some Mali.

How is possible to not "get" a nickname? I don't get that.

Like they never heard of it and can't handle new ideas.

pizza4

Thu, Jan 05 2017, 11:08 pm

I love that name. It's a beautiful name and mali is an adorable nickname.

Hatemywig

Thu, Jan 05 2017, 11:11 pm

amother wrote:

Like they never heard of it and can't handle new ideas.

It's sweet of you to care about them, at the end of the day, you're the one living with your child, not them.

lifesagift

Thu, Jan 05 2017, 11:13 pm

I think it's cute. Try it, if u end up hating it, it's just a nickname, u can change it down the line if u want

daagahminayin

Fri, Jan 06 2017, 1:01 am

Adorable. Also Mollie/Molly might be good if you want a spelling that is understood in the secular world. B'sha'ah Tova!

fiji

Fri, Jan 06 2017, 1:26 am

Love it, such a cute nickname!

essie14

Fri, Jan 06 2017, 7:45 am

amother wrote:

Like they never heard of it and can't handle new ideas.

My grandmother never heard of several of the names of her great-grandchildren (think: she's Hungarian and we've given "modern" or Israeli names)
She's gotten to used to all of them.

I know a few Mali's or Molly's who are Malka.

Quote:

Mali is short for Malya.

There are no rules about nicknames.

allthingsblue

Fri, Jan 06 2017, 8:12 am

If we ever used the name Malka (a family name) it could be we would call the child Molly. That's what my grandmother was called, Molly for Malka. I do like using Jewish names though, so I would have to decide if and when we decided to use it.

I think you should do whatever you want! Worst case scenario the grandparents will call the child Malka and everyone else will call her Mali. That's not unheard of.
Chances are though that they'll end up using whatever name you use.
(I must admit, I also see absolutely no problem in using the name Malky even though a cousin has the same name. It's common for cousins to have the same name. I don't think there's anything wrong with that.)

amother

Khaki

Fri, Jan 06 2017, 8:41 am

allthingsblue wrote:

There isn't really but we like being a little original and our association of Malky is with that Malky.

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